Endorsements - Yes For Berkeley Arts

We're Voting Yes on Measure Y for Berkeley Arts!

Alameda County Democratic Party

Berkeley Democratic Club

Berkeley Chamber of Commerce

Visit Berkeley

Downtown Berkeley Association

Alameda Labor Council

Musicians Union, Local 6

Actors Equity Association

Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center

Aurora Theatre Company

Berkeley Ballet

Berkeley City Ballet

Berkeley Playhouse

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Berkeley Shakespeare Company

Berkeley Symphony

Bay Area Book Festival

California Arts Advocates

Cazadero Music Camp

Capoeira Arts Foundation

Central Works

Crowden Music Center

The Freight

The Jazzschool

Kairos Music Academy

Kala Art Institute

Korsa Musical Theater

La Peña Cultural Center

Luna Dance And Creativity

Pacific Edge Voices

Revival Bar & Kitchen

Roses On Adeline Bar and Kitchen

Sacred Music Fellowship

Shawl-Anderson Dance Center

South Berkeley Now!

Theatre Bay Area

Theatre Lunatico

The Station

The Shotgun Players

The UC Theatre

Vital Arts

West Edge Opera

924 Gilman

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond

State Senator Jesse Arreguín

State Senator Loni Hancock (Ret.)

Alameda County Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas

Alameda County Treasurer Henry Levy

Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates (Ret.)

Councilmember Ben Bartlett

Councilmember Igor Tregub

Councilmember Shoshana O'Keefe

Councilmember Sophie Hahn (Ret.)

Councilmember Laurie Capitelli (Ret.)

Councilmember Brent Blackaby

Councilmember Susan Wengraf (Ret.)

Councilmember Mark Humbert

Councilmember Gordon Wozniak (Ret.)

Peralta Community College District Board President Dyana Delfín Polk

BART Board President Rebecca Saltzman (Ret.)

BART Director Barnali Ghosh

East Bay Municipal Utility District Director Andy Katz

Organizations and Small Businesses

Elected and Appointed Officials

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
State Senator Jesse Arreguín
State Senator Loni Hancock (Ret.)
State Senator Don Perata (Ret.)
Alameda County Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas
Alameda County Treasurer Henry Levy
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates (Ret.)
Berkeley Vice Mayor and City Councilmember Susan Wengraf (Ret.)
Berkeley Vice Mayor and City Councilmember Sophie Hahn (Ret.)
Berkeley City Councilmember Ben Bartlett
Berkeley City Councilmember Igor Tregub
Berkeley City Councilmember Shoshana O'Keefe
Berkeley City Councilmember Brent Blackaby
Berkeley City Councilmember Mark Humbert
Berkeley City Councilmember Laurie Capitelli (Ret.)
Berkeley City Councilmember Gordon Wozniak (Ret.)
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board Chair Leah Simon-Weisberg (Ret.)
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board Commissioner Stefan Elgstrand
Berkeley Civic Arts Commission Chair Sherry Smith (Ret.)
Berkeley Civic Arts Commissioner Lisa Bullwinkel
Berkeley Commission on the Status of Women Chair Kera Binns
Berkeley Transportation Commissioner Donald Lathbury (Ret.)
Peralta Community College District Board President Dyana Delfín Polk
BART Board President Rebecca Saltzman (Ret.)
BART Director Barnali Ghosh
East Bay Municipal Utility District Director Andy Katz
East Bay Regional Park District Director Elizabeth Echols
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf (Ret.)
Union City Councilmember Scott Sakakihara

Community Leaders

Marion Atherton, Executive Director, Berkeley Symphony
Tanika Baptiste, Associate Director of Audience Services, The Freight
Steve Bowman, Former Counting Crows Drummer
Gracie Brakeman, Director of Production, Shotgun Players
Jennifer Boesing, Producing Artistic Director, Korsa Musical Theater
John Caner, CEO, Downtown Berkeley Association
Vince Casalaina, Video Documentarian, Former Berkeley Housing Advisory Commission Chair, Former Willard Neighborhood Association President
Patrick Dooley, Founding Artistic Director, The Shotgun Players
Ann Eastman, Board Chair, Crowden School
Gillian Eorwyn, Director of Development and Communications, Berkeley Symphony
Steven Good, Realtor, The Grubb Company
DJ Grubb, President, The Grubb Company
William Harvey, Musician and Educator; Trustee, Musicians Union Local 6, AFM
Jennifer Jones, Realtor, The Grubb Company
Anand Kalra, Board of Directors, The Freight
Ellen Lake, Co-Executive Director, Kala Art Institute
Mike Lawson, Managing Director, Berkeley Playhouse
Mary Lins, Former Executive Director, Berkeley Playhouse
Liz Lisle, Managing Director, Shotgun Players
Ann Marie Lonsdale, Managing Director, Theatre Bay Are
John Mader, Drummer and Drum Teacher
David Mayeri, President, The UC Theatre
Joanie McBrien, Development Director, Shotgun Players
Lisa Mezacappa, Executive Director, The Jazzschool
Jesse Michaels, Former Operation Ivy Lead Singer
Amy Murray, Revival Bar & Kitchen
Anica Odell-Smedley, Marketing Manager, The Freight
Danielle O'Hare, Former Director of Talent Development, Lucasfilm
Tom Parrish, Managing Director, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Sheila Sabine, Sales Associate, The Grubb Company
Clayton Shelvin, Executive Director, The Freight
Bridget Soto, Docent and Usher, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
April Taylor, Communications Manager, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center
Lee Tempkin, Director, Camp Chrysalis
Consuelo Tupper, Executive Director, La Peña Cultural Center
Sarah Travis, Executive Director, Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
Karen Wells, retired BUSD and Berkeley High School music teacher
Kaitlin Weinstein, General Manager, The Marsh
Thet Shein Win, Board President/Interim Executive Director, Berkeley Art Center

Neighbors

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